give a hoot

idiom

informal

: to care at all about someone or something

—used in negative statements

I don't give a hoot about what they say.

I don't give two hoots about his problems.

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Go ahead and cry that makeup all over his nice blue shirt, Charity — Joey doesn't give a hoot! —

Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 July 2023 At the end of the day, though, atmospheric physics doesn’t give a hoot if carbon reductions come from China or the U.S. —

Time, 20 July 2023 Folks in Los Angeles County could not give a hoot about the Angels. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023 Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids. —

Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023 Even Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this year, with its flash-forward structure, tackled the fact that the eponymous comedian’s daughter resents her mother, who never really seemed to give a hoot about her kids. —

Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2023 And like the Vanderbilts of yore, the Ambanis don’t seem to give a hoot. —

Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023 And while some people do give a hoot, litter is still easy to find. —

Jeff Kart, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021 Polls indicate that’s very possible — Democrats generally don’t give a hoot, and Republicans are energized. —

George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021